My first thought was to be appalled at the lack of education on display.... But is there any real reason to keep analog clocks.. other than habit and nostalgia?

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The only reason you need to know analog clocks nowadays is to solve all the analog clock puzzles in video games.

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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Anyone who wants to understand how to read an analog clock can learn it in two minutes, it's not like you need to be taught in school. edit to add: My brother recently told me that he was at the library and his friend's teenage daughter looked at the analog clock and said indignantly "I can't read that!" So apparently it is true that people aren't learning simple skills like this.

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Honest question; why would they? Digital clocks and watches are have been cheaper and more accurate (and as a result more ubiquitous) for many years now. I think there's a strong argument that analogue clocks are obsolete, and that's why teens and kids aren't learning to read them.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are all public clocks in the US digital clocks? Off the top of my head, I can tell you 4 locations within walking distance that have analog clocks, one of them being the train station.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

The point is the instinct to check phone for the time is so strong that they're not looking around for clocks.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Nope, it still seems like most of the ones I see are analog, as in my library example. Probably most people ignore them and just check their phones for the time since they are constantly looking at them anyway.

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[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When I look at a digital clock I always convert it to analogue in my head. Guess I’m that old.

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Alternate title: Students cannot tell the time because schools are removing analog clocks from the classroom

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Back to kindergarten then.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I heard they’re gonna remove schools because kids show up to them not knowing anything.

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